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Photocrome pictures of Utrecht 1890-1900

I found these amazing pictures on this site. Amazing how little has changed actually. These are not true color photographs but created by the photochrom process.

Here is a much higher resolution version of the above picture I found.

Digging deeper I found the original source of these pictures and a few more which has very high resolution TIFFs. I put the high resolution photos together in an album here.

I also found out that in 1908 a tram line was built through the city that actually passed under the Dom tower.

Reggie Watts @ TED

For those who haven't seen it yet.

 

Burger photoshoot

Brouwers stoppen met thuistap

AMSTERDAM - Het einde van de thuistap lijkt in zicht. De verkoop van de hervulbare biervaatjes in de supermarkten is fors gekelderd en dat is voor Grolsch en Bavaria reden nog dit jaar te stoppen met de productie van hervulbare biervaatjes. Enkele jaren lang was de thuistap nog een hype, maar de consument lijkt nu toch de voorkeur te geven aan flesjes en blikjes in plaats van een vers getapt biertje. „Het thuistapsegment heeft zich niet ontwikkeld zoals wij en andere merken hadden gehoopt”, laat een woordvoerster van Bavaria weten. Veel supermarkten hebben de fusten van Bavaria en Grolsch al uit de schappen gehaald. De thuistap, die onder de naam Perfect Draft in de markt is gezet, kan bij het grofvuil. Heineken zegt wel door te gaan met de Beer Tender, maar meer succes lijkt weggelegd voor de wegwerptap. Bron: Telegraaf

Google getting evil

 Google's Changing The Algorithm Again

Under a certain amount of pressure Google has announced that starting next week it will be changing the ranking algorithm. The aim is that those who are presenting other people’s copyrighted material will turn up lower down in the search results.

I think I might want to switch search engines. I heard DuckDuckGo is a good alternative. Annom can you write a script that takes a search term uses two search engines and displays them side by side in one browser window? :)

Also this happened when I searched for news. Coincidence? Better get my tinfoil hat.

Annom seems to be right and it's a good thing

Very interesting report. Atheism on the rise.

The WIN-Gallup International ‘Religion and Atheism Index’ which measures global self-perceptions on beliefs is based on interviews with more than 50,000 men and women selected from 57 countries across the globe in five continents. The survey also provides trend data for shifts in attitudes since 2005.

Interesting fact, China is the most atheist country in the world:
14% religious, 30% non-religious, 47% convinced atheist, 9% don't know / no response